/*
 * Copyright 2014 Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Gewerbestrasse 16, CH-4123 Allschwil, Switzerland
 *
 * This file is part of DataWarrior.
 * 
 * DataWarrior is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
 * GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
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 * 
 * DataWarrior is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
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 * If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 *
 * @author Modest von Korff
 */

package com.actelion.research.chem.descriptor;

public interface ISimilarityCalculator<T extends Object> {
	
    public abstract float getSimilarity(T d1, T d2);
    
    public abstract SimilarityCalculatorInfo getInfo();

    /**
     * 
     * @return a deep copy for parallel computing.
     */
    public abstract ISimilarityCalculator<T> getDeepCopy();

}
